diff --git a/setup-ipfs-daemon b/setup-ipfs-daemon
index a99970b..c0dc10b 100755
--- a/setup-ipfs-daemon
+++ b/setup-ipfs-daemon
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ adduser ipfs --disabled-password --disabled-login --home $DATA_DIR --system
 cp ipfs.initd /etc/init.d/ipfs
 sed -i "s/#GID#/`id -g ipfs`/g" /etc/init.d/ipfs
 sed -i "s/#UID#/`id -u ipfs`/g" /etc/init.d/ipfs
-sed -i "s/#DATA#/$DATA_DIR/g" /etc/init.d/ipfs
-sed -i "s/#AIM#/$AIM/g" /etc/init.d/ipfs
+sed -i 's|#DATA#|'${DATA_DIR}'|g' /etc/init.d/ipfs
+sed -i 's|#AIM#|'${AIM}'|g' /etc/init.d/ipfs
 chmod +x /etc/init.d/ipfs
 update-rc.d ipfs defaults